[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "2314"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512602"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g172.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun Aug  9 18:34:12 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/pairings_irlch2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O a5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. f3 c5 14. Bf2 c4
15. Bf5 b5 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 b4 19. Ne2 Qd7 20. Nfg3 Qc6
21. Rec1 Nb5 22. a4 Nd6 23. Nf4 Qd7 24. Re1 Qb7 25. Re2 Rac8 26. Rae1 Qc7
27. e4 Ndxe4 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Nxe4 Qc6 30. Nc5 c3 31. Re4 cxb2 32. Qxb2
Nc3 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Ra1 Bxc5 35. dxc5 Qd5 36. Qc2 Re2 37. Qc1 Rd2 38. Qe1
Re2 39. Qc1 Qc4 40. Rb1 Ra2 41. Qf1 Ne2+ 42. Kh1 Rc2 43. Be3 b3 44. Qd1 Nc3
45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Rg1 b2 47. Qb8 Ne2 48. Qe5 Qe6 0-1